# Most or all post-2002 market fragments are modern forgeries, often on ancient leather.

> Most likely: Most or all post-2002 market fragments are modern forgeries, often on ancient leather.

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[Questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/questions)[Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating)[Are the fragments that surfaced on the antiquities market after 2002 genuine?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/questions/QST0D484PB02ASS/are-the-fragments-that-surfaced-on-the-antiquities-market)Answer

Answer · Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance

# Most or all post-2002 market fragments are modern forgeries, often on ancient leather.

Most or all post-2002 market fragments are modern forgeries, often on ancient leather.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Ink lies over breaks and cracks in the leather; letter forms imitate printed editions.

## What would rule it out

- A post-2002 fragment passes material tests and has a verifiable chain of custody to the caves.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[An investigation found all 16 Museum of the Bible fragments to be forgeries.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484YCT5637/an-investigation-found-all-16-museum-of-the-bible-fragments)

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[Nine market fragments show material and palaeographic signs of modern production.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484Y501WHB/nine-market-fragments-show-material-and-palaeographic-signs)

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## The questions it answers

[Are the fragments that surfaced on the antiquities market after 2002 genuine?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/questions/QST0D484PB02ASS/are-the-fragments-that-surfaced-on-the-antiquities-market)

Part of [Where were the scrolls made, and by whom were they collected?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/questions/QST0D484P366F4K/where-were-the-scrolls-made-and-by-whom-were-they-collected)

Most likelyMost or all post-2002 market fragments are modern forgeries, often on ancient leather

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